For me, Catholicism has meant joy not as an absence of sorrow, but as a presence amid sorrow—the Lord’s presence. And it has meant peace not as an absence of turmoil, but as a presence amid turmoil. It has meant a Love that grieves with me when I grieve and laughs with me when I laugh.

—Ian Murphy

from his book Dying to Live

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FROM AGNOSTIC TO BAPTIST TO CATHOLIC

After being told he could not mention Jesus in his high school commencement address, Ian Murphy made national news while standing up for his freedom of speech. Join the author as he recounts his riveting conversion story, full of twists and turns that led him into the Catholic Church.

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